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Originally Posted by JicMic
So the Mentor Lite which is coming out soon will have a touchscreen and the ability to write notes on it?
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Dear JicMic:
I have posted on my blog today my first run-thru of the Mentor Lite. I hope you can imagine that when a Taiwan factory sends over a so-called User Manual in English it is about as helpful as a blindfold would be. I dislike trying to build up expectations in advance without facts so I am spending three days trying the little Mentor Lite and putting it through its paces. I am also purposefully trying to get it to hang up and expose glitches. I have not found anything yet that hangs it up... so it seems to pass my own "test" of the new device. For me... the first order of business is reliability. I grew up in Missouri and they say there "You Gotta Show Me". My feelings on any new device is along those lines>>> "PROVE to ME that you are worthwhile to sell".
Nobody is more of a skeptic than I am when I see a new device. If I can tear apart the Kindle 2 for shortcomings... I had better be ever harder on our own new releases. So, I initally almost HATE a new device until it shows me that I should change my perspective on it. So far... I am pleased with the Mentor Lite and have deemed it worthwhile to really find the features and see how they work and rewrite the User Manual as such.
I have seen info in the sparse User Manual about Note-Taking but have not found it yet. I won't bring it up again until I know what it can do.
Touchscreen is coming on the Mentor Intrique due within months. HOWEVER, many people are shying away from Touchscreen now as it decreases the resolution some (Touchscreen works by putting a second layer of plastic on top of the screen). It also costs Astak $80 or so to put it on the device and that raises the MSRP. Add to this that the Sony Touchscreen has not been a success in sales. There are new Touch technologies that may help the situation but they are not ready or proven yet. We will have Touch but need to make this acceptable too.
Robert B